Associate Operations Strategy Director
Novo Nordisk
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Plainsboro • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $126,500 - $234,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Responsible for leading the development, evolution, activation, and implementation of the overall company strategy for US Operations (USO) to drive sustainable growth
- Manage enterprise level strategy end to end, ensuring strategic ambition, priorities and enablers are connected and translated throughout the organization
- Define USO's future direction, use scenario planning and stress testing to evaluate alternatives, and surface trade offs to help senior leaders make the hard choices that secure a sustainable, high impact future
- Convert strategic priorities into actionable initiatives with clear owners, timelines, and success metrics, embed change management to drive adoption
- Partner with Finance to align investments and track benefits
- Ensure all parts of the value chain come together under one cohesive strategy
- Work closely with the Director, US Operations Strategy, to integrate strategic shifts into our strategy management processes
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent education with 9+ years of progressively relevant corporate business strategy development and planning, marketing and brand management, consulting, commercial operations experience required, OR a Master's Degree/MBA from an accredited university or equivalent with 7+ years of experience, and/or a Doctorate degree from an accredited university or equivalent education with 5+ years of experience
- Pharmaceutical or CPG industries strongly preferred
- Business case development, management consulting, strategy, or finance experience preferred
- Understanding of the external marketplace and familiarity in metabolic disease areas preferred
- Strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with senior management and communicate effectively to the highest level of executives
- Strong decision-making skills through demonstrated ability to leverage evidenced-based insights and sound judgement into strategy development, deployment and optimization
- Project management, process development and change management experience required
- Ability to manage competing priorities; strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to streamline and simplify complex concepts for broader audience
- Proven cross-functional organizational behavior and collaboration skills with ability to influence and inspire multiple levels of leadership
- People management/team development experience preferred.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- flexible spending accounts
- employee assistance program
- tuition reimbursement program
- group legal
- critical illness
- identity theft protection
- pet insurance
- auto/home insurance
- sick time policy
- flexible vacation policy
- parental leave policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
business strategy developmentplanningmarketing managementbrand managementmanagement consultingfinanceproject managementprocess developmentchange managementbusiness case development
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationdecision-makingorganizational skillsinfluencingcollaborationteam developmentability to manage competing prioritiesstreamlining complex concepts
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeMBADoctorate degree